The painting, The Scream by Edvard Munch is a good example of expressionism.

Her cheeks blazed red, two expressionist splatters of color.

Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl

He spoke of Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, and Futurism—words I’d never heard before—and I was struck not only by the subtle distinctions that he drew, but by the hunger with which Ruth devoured every word.

Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride

For some reason I think about Jacoba Van Heemskerck, a Dutch expressionist painter I’ve become interested in lately.

Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban

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When Gottfried Benn, an Expressionist poet, came over to the Nazis he was welcomed with a great fanfare, although at that very moment Hitler was denouncing Expressionism as Kulturbolschewismus.

Clement Greenberg -- Avant-garde and Kitsch

When Gottfried Benn, an Expressionist poet, came over to the Nazis he was welcomed with a great fanfare, although at that very moment Hitler was denouncing Expressionism as Kulturbolschewismus.